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uterus, n., ut'Zr-tis (L. titVrus, the 

 wornb, the matrix), the womb or 

 organ of gestation, situated in 

 the cavity of the pelvis, between 

 the bladder and the rectum : 

 uterine, a., ut'-Zr-m, of or pert, 

 to the uterus, or proceeding from 

 it: uteritis, n., ut'&r-it'is, in- 

 flammation of the womb : utero- 

 gestation, ut'&r-o-, the period of 

 pregnancy. 



utricle, n., utfrtik-U (L. utriculus, 

 a small bag or bottle from ut$r, a 

 bag or bottle made from an animal's 

 hide), in bot., a thin-walled cell ; 

 an air-bladder or cell ; a mem- 

 branous one - seeded fruit ; in 

 anat., the larger of the two sacs 

 of the vestibular portion of the 

 ear : utricular, a., ut-rik'-ul-ar, 

 containing vessels like small bags : 

 utriculus, n., ut-rik'ul-us, a kind 

 of fruit with an inflated covering ; 

 among Algse, any loose cellular 

 envelope containing spores ; a 

 little bladder filled with air, 

 attached to certain aquatic plants: 

 Primordial utricle, within the 

 cell-wall, and distinct from it, a 

 delicate membrane or film im- 

 mediately inclosing the cell 

 contents. 



Utricularia, n. plu., ut-rik'-ul-dr'' 

 I'd (L. utriculus, a small bag or 

 bottle from ul$r, a bag or bottle 

 made from an animal's hide), a 

 genus of plants, called Bladder- 

 worts, Order Lentibulariacese, 

 so named from the utricles or 

 bladders connected with the 

 leaves, in which there exists a 

 mucous fluid having cellular pro- 

 jections in the form of hairs : 

 Utricularia nelumbifolia, nel> 

 tim'bi'fdl'i'O, (said to be from 

 Nelumbo, a Cingalese name ; L. 

 fftlium, a leaf), a singular plant 

 which grows in the water collected 

 at the bottom of the leaves of a 

 large Tillandsia in Brazil, even 

 sending out runners and shoots, 

 and possessing a flowering stem 

 two feet long. 

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Uvaria, n., uv'dr'i-a (L. uva, a 

 grape), a genus of climbing plants 

 covered with star-shaped hairs, 

 Ord. Anonacese : Uvaria narium, 

 ndr f -i-um (L.ndris,B,iiose,ndrium, 

 of noses ; Gr. ndros, fluid), a species 

 whose roots are fragrant and arom- 

 atic, used in India for fevers and 

 liver complaints ; by distillation 

 yield a fragrant greenish oil : U. 

 triloba, trU'db*a (Gr. treis, three; 

 lobos, a lobe), a species contain- 

 ing a powerful acid, the leaves are 

 used as an application for boils 

 and abscesses, and the seeds are 

 emetic : U. febrifuge, feb'rif'ug>d 

 (L. febris, a fever ; fugo, I drive 

 away), a species to whose flowers 

 the Indians ascribe febrifugal 

 properties. 



uvea, n., utf-e-a (L. Uva, a grape), 

 in anat., the posterior layer of 

 the iris, which resembles the 

 skin of a black grape. 



uvula, n., uv f -ul-a (L. uva, a 

 grape ; old F. uvule), in anat., a 

 muscular conical prominence pro- 

 jecting from the centre of the 

 soft palate, and hanging down 

 like a tongue Scotticb, the pap of 

 the hawse (Ger. Jials, the throat); 

 a small projection in the cereb- 

 ellum : uvula vesiese, v%s-is'e 

 (L. vesica, the urinary bladder), 

 a slight elevation of the mucous 

 surface which projects from below 

 into the urethral orifice of the 

 urinary bladder. 



vaccination, n., vak'-sin-af-sliun 

 (L. vaccmus, of or from cows 

 from vacca, a cow), the process 

 by which the cow-pox or vaccinia 

 is introduced into the human 

 system, as a powerful protection 

 against an attack of the small- 

 pox : vaccine, a., vdJ^-sm, of or 

 pert, to vaccinia or vaccination : 

 vaccinia, n., vak'Sin'-i-a, an 

 eruptive vesicular disease, orig- 

 inally of the cow, now intro- 

 duced into the human system as 

 a protection against an attack of 



